A multinational resources company will invest in autonomous bulk material handling solutions. BHP recently committed $50 million towards automating eight shiploaders by 2023. Two “world...
Tag - LOADERS
Komatsu has released an upgraded version of its 11-13 cu m class mining loader, the WA900-8R, incorporating innovative technology features that deliver increased productivity and ease of operation...
A multinational resources company significantly eliminated down time with the help of autonomous technology in Queensland’s Gulf Country region. Glencore confirmed its fleet of loaders can...
An employee died after earthmoving machinery crushed his body. A maintenance worker recently passed away while replacing a worn-out main hydraulic pressure hose. The individual began by releasing...
CR Digital has announced the launch of the Titan 3330 Load Haul Optimisation System for Wheel Loaders. Building on the success of CR Digital’s original Titan 3330 product for Hydraulic Excavators and...
MinEx NZ has published a safety alert of a fire loader accident. According to reports, a loader operator noticed smoke while in the cab of a loader. Looking behind him, he saw flames behind the cab...
The Pike River mine re-entry will move to previously unexplored areas of the mine drift this week recovering a loader that was operated by one of the mine’s survivors. Re-entry efforts have...
In another somewhat bizarre incident at a coal mine, a loader was working on a coal stockpile when a fire occurred on the loader. The NSW Resources Regulator said ‘The fire was localised to the...
In a report just in from New Zealand Minex, an operator lost control of a loader on a ramp at a NZ mine site. While driving a front-end loader down a ramp, the operator apparently experienced...
Becker Mining Systems are a leader in Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) for underground coal and hard rock mines around the globe, in 2013 the Collision avoidance product offering was expanded with a...